They are talking about THIAZYL FLUORIDES, NSF &NSF3 and Derivatives of such as SF5NH2' SF5NSF2' SF5NSO, SF5NSCL2, (SF5N)2SF2' SF5NCL2, SF5NHCL. They are used in all kinds of cleaning substances used industrially and in our homes.
As far as its use in solar panel production - they are common in thin-film type panels - not silicon crystal type panels. Here is the article I think you heard - Greenhouse Gas Comes from Solar Panels Think switching to solar energy will make you green? Think again. Many of the newest solar panels are manufactured with a gas that is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. Nitrogen trifluoride, or NF3, is used for cleaning microcircuits during the manufacture of a host of modern electronics, including flat-screen TVs, iPhones, computer chips-and thin-film solar panels, the latest (and cheapest) generation of solar photovoltaics. (Time named the panels one of the best inventions of 2008.) Because industry estimates suggested that only about 2 percent of NF3 ever made it into the atmosphere, the chemical has been marketed as a cleaner alternative to other higher-emitting options. For the past decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has actively encouraged its use. NF3 also wasn't deemed dangerous enough to be covered by the Kyoto Protocol, making it an attractive substitute for companies and signatory countries eager to lower their emissions footprints. It turns out that NF3 might not be so green after all. "NF3 has a potential greenhouse impact larger than ... even that of the world's largest coal-fired power plants," according to a June 2008 study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine. Because NF3 isn't covered by Kyoto, few attempts have been made to measure it in the atmosphere. But last October, scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported that four times more NF3 is present in the atmosphere than industry estimates suggest, and its concentration is rising 11 percent a year. Compared with the damage caused by CO2 emissions, NF3 remains a blip because far less of it is emitted. But Ray Weiss, who led the Scripps team, thinks that, unless regulations require more complete greenhouse gas measurements, more unpleasant surprises will be in store. With NF3, he says, "We're finding considerably more in the atmosphere than was expected. This [gas] won't be the only example of that." Christopher Christopher Freitas Director of Research and Development OutBack Power Systems, Inc. cfrei...@outbackpower.com <mailto:cfrei...@outbackpower.com> Tel 360 435 6030 Cell 360 202 4239 19009 62nd Ave NE Arlington WA 98223 USA www.outbackpower.com <http://www.outbackpower.com/> ________________________________ From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of hol...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:07 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] NFS3 (or is it nsf?) Excuse my ignorance....... there was an article in Sunday's Dallas Morning News about "solar panels causing greenhouse gases" due to nsf3 (nfs?) used in cleaning contacts during manufacturing. Paper already on way to recycle bin, can't bring it up on their website. Can anyone enlighten me so as to have bullets to shoot down this latest round of uninformed reporting? Holt E. Kelly Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products 500 Jewell Dr. Waco,Tx. 76712 254-751-9111 254-228-9621 (cell) hol...@sbcglobal.net <mailto:hol...@sbcglobal.net> www.holteksolar.com <http://www.holteksolar.com> MESSAGE CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and may also be protected by attorney-client or other privilege. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, please do not read it. If you are not the intended recipient,you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you.
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